A political nightmare is playing itself out in the Ukraine.
It’s become painfully obvious that democracy hasn’t completely taken hold yet. Reports of widespread cheating have thrown the recent presidential elections there into chaos and have led hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to take to the streets to protest the announced results.
The Russians have inserted themselves into the Ukrainian elections, which is a major part of the problem. While many Ukrainians feel that they share bonds with Russia, they do not want Moscow interfering with their internal affairs. The two countries are not joined at the hip in a Soviet-dominated political system and sometimes Moscow seems to forget that.
Vladimir Putin has a very bad habit of taking sides in other elections, which is very unfortunate. So he ought to quit complaining when the U.S. doesn’t go along with his choice for Ukrainian president.
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